anything goes

anything goes

English

Pronunciation

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Phrase

anything goes

1. (idiomatic) There are no rules or restrictions.
   • 1934, Cole Porter - Anything Goes:

     In olden days a glimpse of stocking

     Was looked on as something shocking

     But now, Heaven knows,

     Anything goes.

   • 1987, Guns N' Roses, Anything Goes:

     My way, your way, anything goes tonight!

   • 2004, Charles Silverstein, Felice Picano, The Joy of Gay Sex: Fully Revised and Expanded Third Edition, page 228:

     […] fucking and sucking by providing an anything-goes atmosphere reminiscent of the wildest days of the baths.

Translations

there are no rules of restrictions

Catalan: tot s'hi val German: alles ist möglich Greek: όλα επιτρέπονται (óla epitrépontai) Polish: wszystko jest dozwolone n Portuguese: vale tudo Russian: всё что хо́чешь (vsjó što xóčešʹ)

See also

• unrestricted
• free
• wild
• fast and loose
• debauched
• promiscuous
• unregulated
• no-holds-barred
• unlimited

References

• “anything goes”, in Collins English Dictionary.